umm.. I dunno if it's totally worth the money to get a high end one, a generic CAI would work fine, and yes it's worth it to put it on, it does give ya a lil kick in the pants, nothing exciting tho, but it's there. Anyways, the install is nothing, have a friend available cuz it's alot easier with 2 sets of hands. I'd say get a generic pipe from ebay, put a k&n cone filter on it, and it'll work as good as aem. sounds too get a washable filter, btw